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Suspect identified in overnight deputy-involved shooting

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy shot the driver of a car during a traffic stop early Friday morning, a spokeswoman confirmed. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. along Westgate Avenue near Donnell Road.The suspect's name was released. Reporter Chris McGrath has the latest.

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy shot the driver of a car during a traffic stop early Friday morning, a spokeswoman confirmed. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. along Westgate Avenue near Donnell Road.The suspect's name was released. Reporter Chris McGrath has the latest.

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Updated: 12:16 PM EDT Oct 10, 2014

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WEBVTT GOT THE SUSPECT'S NAME ANDAPPARENTLY VERY LENGTHY RAPSHEET.YES WITHIN PAST HOUR WE SKRONFIRMED NAMM OF THE DRIVER AT THECENTER OF THIS INVESTIGATION.HERE HE IS.IS THE PICTURE OF HIM.HIS NAME JOSHUA JET.28 YEARS OLD.AND WE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRMHE HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFOREFOR GRAND THEFT AUTO.DRUGS, AND BUYING RE.AND INVESTIGATORS SAY DEPUTY WASFORCED TO SHOOT HIM THISMORNING.A WHITE VOLVO PEPPERED WITHBULLET HOLES SITS UNDISTURBED.QUIET AVENUE IN WEST AEP -- PALMBEACH.HOURS EARLIER INVESTIGATOR SAYDEPUTY CAUGHT THE DRIVERSPEEDING AND TRIED TO PULL HIMOVER.THE VEHICLE TURNED ON ANDTHEN SPED HIGH RATE OF SPEED.INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVERWON'T STOP.AND ENTERING THE APARTMENTCOMPLEX WITH NO WAY OUT.DETECTIVE SAY IT APPEARED THETHREE PEOPLE INSIDE WERE GOINGTO MAKE A RUN FOR IT.SO THE DEPUTY GOT OUT OF HISCAR.HE WAS IN FRONT OF HIS CAR ATLEAST 30 OR 40 FEET.BUT MOMENTS LATER INVESTIGATORSSAY THE DRIVER HIT THE GAS.AT THAT POINT EXTREMELYVULERNABLE THERE WAS NO PLACEFOR HIM TO RETREAT.HE FELT HE WAS IN DANG P GER ANDHE FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS.ONE BULLET STRIKING THE DRIVERAS HE RACED OFF INVESTIGATORSSAY.BACK TO DARNELL ROAD WHERE TWOPASSENGERS MANAGED TO PUT THECAR IN PARK.TWO PASSENGERS ARE GOT OUT ANDRAISING THEIR HANDS THEY WERESCREAMING AT HIM TO STOP THECAR.INVESTIGATOR SAY THE DRIVERTRIED TO RUN AWAY.BUT DIDN'T GET FAR ARRESTEDTAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ANDEXPECTED TO BE OKAY.THERE IS A ONE MOST DIFFICULTTHINGS YOU HAVE TO DO AS ADEPUTY.I MEAN, THIS YOU KNOW A LIFETHREATENING SITUATION FOR HIMAND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE DRIVERWHO MADE A BAD CHOICE.AND YOU KNOW HE IS VERYDISTRAUGHT THERE NO QUESTIONABOUT IT.NOW DEHE CANIVES DISCOVEREDTHIS CAR WAS REPORTED STOLEN OUTOF LAKE WORTH AGAIN THIS SUSPECTJOSH UYEAH JET.28 YEARS OLD.AS FOR THE DEPUTY.WE HAVE LEARNED HAS BEEN WITHHERE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN YEARAND NOW ON PAID LEAVE.

Suspect identified in overnight deputy-involved shooting

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy shot the driver of a car during a traffic stop early Friday morning, a spokeswoman confirmed. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. along Westgate Avenue near Donnell Road.The suspect's name was released. Reporter Chris McGrath has the latest.